Population with basic handwashing facilities at home in Egypt
Egypt: Population with basic handwashing facilities at home was 94.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Population with basic handwashing facilities at home in Egypt, 2000–2024
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
The most recent figure for population with basic handwashing facilities at home in Egypt is 94.2%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 1.9% on the previous year and up 22.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population with basic handwashing facilities at home in Egypt peaked at 94.2% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 52.9%, in 2000.
Egypt ranks 18th of 112 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 60.7% | 52.9% | 68.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 77.9% | 70.1% | 85.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 90.8% | 87.3% | 94.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
- 15 Palestinian Authority or West Bank and Gaza Strip 95.5% compare
- 16 China (People’s Republic of) 95.3% compare
- 17 Maldives 95.0% compare
- 19 Thailand 93.4% compare
- 20 Armenia 90.3% compare
- 21 Turks and Caicos Islands 88.8% compare
More health data for Egypt
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.46 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.7884 % change on previous year (2090)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates 946 (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 7,225 (2100)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by country 0 (2026)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region 0 (2026)
- Age population, age 25, male, interpolated 966,568 (2025)
- Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 923,812 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 978,670 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 936,121 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is population with basic handwashing facilities at home in Egypt?
- Population with basic handwashing facilities at home in Egypt was 94.2% in 2024, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest population with basic handwashing facilities at home recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 94.2% in 2024.
- What is the lowest population with basic handwashing facilities at home recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 52.9% in 2000.
- How does Egypt rank for population with basic handwashing facilities at home?
- Egypt ranks 18th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is population with basic handwashing facilities at home rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of Population with basic handwashing facilities at home (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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